Cleaning-rod for rifled firearms.



No. 865,726. I PATENTED SEPT. 10, 1907.

T. M. PRICE.

CLEANING ROD FOR RIFL ED FIREARMS.

' APPLICATION FILED MAY 26, 1906.

UNITED "STATES P TENT oFFIoE.

THOMAS MA RTIN PRICE, OF ITA'SOA TEXAS.

' CLEANING-ROD FOR RIFLED FIREARMS.

I To all 'whom it may concern:

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of cleaning or wiping rods, and to pro-' vide a simple, inexpensive and efficient one designed particularly for use on large and small rifled fire arms, and provided with means for swiveling a rag or swab to it, whereby the rag or swab will be permitted to rotate and follow the grooves of the rifling, while the fire arm and the rod are firmly gripped at any point.

A further object of the invention is to provide a wiping or cleaning rod adapted to permit short, rapid strokes or movements, even when only a small portion of the rod is inserted in the barrel of the fire arm.

4 Another object of the invention is to provide a wiping or cleaning rod, which may beeasily removed from the barrel of afire arm, and which will prevent a rag or. swab from coming off in the barrel.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the ac the rag receiving member (if the cleaning rod. Fig. 3

is a longitudinal sectional view of the same, illustrating the manner of mounting the swiveled or rotary sleeve. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the sleeve.

:Like numerals of reference; designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawing.

1 designates a cleaning rod, provided at one end with a handle 2, and having its other end reduced to form a pivot or journal 3 for the reception of a rotary sleeve, or rag receiving member 4, which is retained on the pivot or journal of the rod by means of a washer 5.

The reduction of the rod forms ashoulder 6 at the inner end of the rotary sleeve 4,-and the outer end of the latter is provided with an interior annular recess 7,

Specification of Letters Patent. v Application filed May 26,1906. sash No- 318.922.

Patented Sept. 1o, 1907.

terminal 8 of the cleaning rod being slightly indented to shorten the rod and to form the head for engaging the washer. The end of the rod is terminated short of the outer end of the sleeve to prevent arag from binding against it, and interfering with the rotary movement of the sleeve, in following the rifling or grooving of a fire arm.

Theouter face of the rotary sleeve is roughened by annular grooves 9, or other suitable means for enabling it to Irictionally-engage a piece of rag, or other swab,

which is cut in the form of a square of sufiicient size to cover the rotary sleeve and extend slightly beyond the inner end thereof for engaging the latter, whereby the rag is prevented from coming off the rod, when with-. drawing the same from the barrel of a fire arm. The grooves 9 are made of sufficient depth to enable the sleeve to positively grip or engage the rag .or swab.

' The cleaning rod is provided at the inner end of the rotary sleeve with a reduced concave portion 10, which exposes the inner end of the sleeve and which provides an annular space to receive the edges of the rag to prevent the latter from binding against the rod, and thereby interfering with the free rotary movement 'of the.

.sleeve.

The rotary sleeve is adapted to follow. the grooving or rifling of the barrel of a fire arm, and it will permit the cleaning rod to be used with short rapid strokes even when only a small portion of the cleaning rod is introduced into the barrel of the fire arm. The cleaning rod is thereby adapted to wipe or clean a rifled barrel more effectually, andwithout forcing a swab across the grooves or rifling, and thereby injuring the same. The swiveled sleeve also enables the cleaning rod to be easily removed from the barrel of a fire-arm,

and there is no liabilityof-the rag coming off during such removal of the cleaning rod.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:. a I

1. A-devicelof the class described. comprising a cleaning rod having an integral pivot portion and provided with an annular rag-receiving recess located beyond the inner end of the pivot portion, and a rotary rag-receiving sleeve of cylindrical form mounted on the pivot portion of the rod and being'of a diameter in excess of the diameter of the rod, said sleeve having its inner end located at the outer end of the rag-receiving recess, and the said pivot and sleeve being substantially equal in length.

2. A device of the class described comprising a cleaning rod provided with a reduced integral pivot portion and having a shoulder at the inner end thereof, said rod being also provided with an annular recess located beyond the inner end of the pivot. portion and presenting concave faces to theedges of a rag; and a rotary sleeve mounted on the pivot portion of the rod with its inner end fitted against the said shoulder and also located at the outer end of the, annular rag-rccciving recess.

3. A device of the class described comprising a cleaning rod provided with a reduced integral pivot portion and having a shoulder at the inner end thereof, said cleaning rod being also provided beyond the inner'end of the pivot porlion with an annular rag-receiving recess. a rotary ra'g- 5 receiving sleeve mounted on the pivot portion of the rod with its inner end fitted against the outer end of the ragreei-iving recess, said sleeve being provided at its outer end with an interior annularrecess located at the outer end of the pivot portion; and a washer mounted on the 10 outer end of the rod and located within the recess of the sleeve, the outer end of the rod terminating short of the outer edges of the sleeve, whereby a rag is held out of contact with the outer end of the rod.

In testimony, thatI claim the foregoing as my own, I

have hereto atfixed my signature in the presence of two 15 witnesses. I

THOMAS MARTIN PRICE.

Witnesses II. E. CIIILES, B. P, Ennmo'ron. 

